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Job Hunting Progress

Mike — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:10:15 +0000

I’ve been really busy lately answering tons of calls about possible jobs. I’ve had several phone screens already. Finally I have 3 actual physical interviews that I will be attending this week. Two of them are in Indianapolis tommorrow and one is in Nashville on Wednesday. My preference is to land one of the jobs in Indianapolis but it really doesn’t matter. I need a job and are mobile for the most part.

Industries That Use Java

Mike — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:44 +0000

The use of Java is far more widespread than most people would believe it to be. Java is used in just about every industry.

Here is a list of industries that rely on Java:

E-Commerce

Energy

Financial

Government

Healthcare

Insurance

Telecom

Travel

Opportunities I’m Pursing

Mike — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:27:09 +0000

I’ve been busy the past 2 weeks looking for a new position (a good week before I resigned). I have decided in my best interest to try to find a job outside the Louisville area. I’ve reached the point of boredom. I have been in the Louisville 2 years and while I like it I need to branch out a bit. People who never move to different areas of the country never fully appreciate the differences in living.

A single man in his late 20’s with no family nearby should be completely mobile to find a job. Sometimes moving is the best way to look to the future. I do have the best friends I’ve ever had here in my life which I will visit often. Pursing opportunities in nearby larger cities (Indianapolis, Chicago, and Nashville) will still allow me to visit my friends often.

Stephen Hawking’s Words About Computer Viruses

Mike — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:03:16 +0000

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.
(Stephen Hawking)

Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Mike — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00:25 +0000

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. (Janet Reno)

A Turning Point

Mike — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:55:54 +0000

There comes a time in everyone’s career that they must evaluate where they’re job is headed. During my time at my job during the past year and a half I encountered great difficulties and challenges. I grew quite a lot as a developer. I used to have trouble debugging the simplest of projects which I no longer have trouble doing.

Let’s face it being a computer programmer isn’t an easy job. I can’t tell you all the times I have been stressed out to the point of hating my job. Don’t get me wrong I love my profession but sometimes I wondered why I ever bothered to become a computer programmer.

I have been quite bored and frustrated my job recently. I reached my potential to grow and develop new skills. This caused me to perform poorly on an important project. Resigning at my current position was a wise decision or it would have been far worse for me.

Creating Stateless Session Beans (SLSB) with IRAD / WebSpher

Mike — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:03 +0000

Here’s a video on creating stateless session beans with Websphere.

Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009

Mike — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:00:50 +0000

According to computer world it jobs will drop in 2009. As a IT professional it’s never a good thing to hear that there are going to be declines in your industry. I think though all industries have there ups and downs. Some years for industries will always be better than others. I highly doubt it will die anytime soon. Wherever there are computers there will always be a need for it workers.

Creating StateFUL Session Beans (SFSB) with IRAD / WebSphere

Mike — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:33:36 +0000

Here’s a cool video I found about creating Stateful Session Beans.

JAVA Enterprise Edition Tutorial

Mike — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:25:49 +0000

This is cool video I found of some Indian guy talking about just what Java Enterprise Edition is. As a J2EE code I thought this was pretty cool.